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[REQUEST] Take Desire Camera to Cyanogen?

As it says really.
I tried the Desire ROM for a brief period today and I've got to say the Camera/Video app is gorgeous.
Love the wide screen and face recognition.
I'm presuming this ISN'T a HTC app so it can be ported across?
Anyone willing to try?

This cam is 3 Mega pix nexus is 5.

kingskidd268 said:
This cam is 3 Mega pix nexus is 5.
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wow lol. you think megapixel has anything to do with anything lol! 80% of the time you noobits make me laugh. the camera.apk is supported with multiple framework images and htc's custom files. Theoretically it is possible to build their code and images onto our framework and merge some necessary files but it will take tons of time and knowledge. So I'm basically saying it wont happen anytime soon and when it does you should donate to the genius who did it!

Hero_Over said:
wow lol. you think megapixel has anything to do with anything lol! 80% of the time you noobits make me laugh. the camera.apk is supported with multiple framework images and htc's custom files. Theoretically it is possible to build their code and images onto our framework and merge some necessary files but it will take tons of time and knowledge. So I'm basically saying it wont happen anytime soon and when it does you should donate to the genius who did it!
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Yo Hero what is your problem calling me a noob. I don't know Java, one of you biggest fan but keep talking down to your fans and you will end up fan less.

Do you know what?
I wouldn't care anyway. the camera is never going to be brilliant and I bet it would be difficult to tell the difference.
Shame it would be so complicated though.

re: the Camera - no flash or 5MP support yet. Altho, having snooped around, it does support Cameras up to 8 Megapixel! Still investigating...
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This is per Paul in the Desire thread. SOOOO, the camera is MUCH better all around, not just with it's face recognition, etc...

Its file from Desire ROM. Try to install.
But I like 2.1 stock cam better.

kingskidd268 said:
Yo Hero what is your problem calling me a noob. I don't know Java, one of you biggest fan but keep talking down to your fans and you will end up fan less.
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My bad bro I truly am sorry. I just have alot of pent up rage from modaco. That guy ticks me off. Just try not to answer questions with false info yanno what i mean. but on-topic i have just tried porting framework.jar,easopen,pimlib,and htc.resources with proper permissions and correct .apks and it does not seem to get past the 1st boot screen. will post back later with newer results. btw I really just want my HTCMusic.apk!!!!

You can definitely see the difference. The biggest one is usability. Then for lower light shots, you can use a manual ISO settings instead of the automatic one, I tried it with ISO200 and there was almost 0 noise compared to the automatic ISO. Then you have click to focus and automatic face detection + more.
HTC Camera on Cyanogen will be awesome.
Amdathlonuk said:
Do you know what?
I wouldn't care anyway. the camera is never going to be brilliant and I bet it would be difficult to tell the difference.
Shame it would be so complicated though.
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kiosk77 said:
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HTC Camera on Cyanogen will be awesome.
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Absolutely agree.

Froyo Camera in ICS?

So, I recently flashed up to Android 4.0.4 from 2.2, and all is well, except I liked the previous system Camera app more. More settings, more digital zoom, et cetera, et cetera. I just want my old camera back. I was happier.
I did some searching, and found out that people think it would be difficult to do (would take some decompiling and such) and still may not work, but as far as I can tell, no one's actually tried.
Does anyone have any more information for me on how to go about getting the Froyo camera on ICS? I can get a hold of the two camera APKs. I just don't know what to do from there. Someone dropped a big hint in this thread, but that's still not enough information for me to go and try this myself if no one has already.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Have you tried any free camera apps from the Play store to see if they might fill your need?

It would be extremely difficult as it has twframework dependencies...something that is not available on any aosp/aokp rom...I'm not saying its impossible but it would take an experienced app and/or moder to get the job done...it would be cool to have a stock like ics rom but unfortunately there is no source for that...only for aosp...I've tried porting stock Samsung Roms in the past but was never really successful I think one time I got one to boot but after days of constant work I didn't get any farther...it was unuseable cause everything would force close...most likely due to missing libs that we don't have available
Also...they are system apks from two different os so compatibility will also play a roll in it
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I was afraid it was as difficult as I've been reading. Sounds like so.
The biggest thing I miss is the zoom. With 4x zoom, even though just digital, I was able to take macro shots of textbooks all the time. I just bought (and returned)... what was it called, Camera Zoom FX. It did give me 6x zoom as promised, but it couldn't autofocus whatsoever.
The camera in this phone is capable of doing what I did most with it, taking photos of texts. But it seems the only app that allowed it to do so was on Froyo.
Do you think there'd be a way to hack the ICS camera app to supply more zoom?
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dstarr3 said:
I was afraid it was as difficult as I've been reading. Sounds like so.
The biggest thing I miss is the zoom. With 4x zoom, even though just digital, I was able to take macro shots of textbooks all the time. I just bought (and returned)... what was it called, Camera Zoom FX. It did give me 6x zoom as promised, but it couldn't autofocus whatsoever.
The camera in this phone is capable of doing what I did most with it, taking photos of texts. But it seems the only app that allowed it to do so was on Froyo.
Do you think there'd be a way to hack the ICS camera app to supply more zoom?
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Sure, there's always a way...how difficult and how to do it is something that I do not know unfortunately...like I said earlier its probably gonna take an expiernced apk developer
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dstarr3 said:
So, I recently flashed up to Android 4.0.4 from 2.2, and all is well, except I liked the previous system Camera app more. More settings, more digital zoom, et cetera, et cetera. I just want my old camera back. I was happier.
I did some searching, and found out that people think it would be difficult to do (would take some decompiling and such) and still may not work, but as far as I can tell, no one's actually tried.
Does anyone have any more information for me on how to go about getting the Froyo camera on ICS? I can get a hold of the two camera APKs. I just don't know what to do from there. Someone dropped a big hint in this thread, but that's still not enough information for me to go and try this myself if no one has already.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Same thinking regarding porting 4.0.3 Camera as in Karbon A18 to my Micromax A100 Canvas which is having 4.0.4 ICS .The 4.0.3 have good autofocus and facedetection but the 4.0.4 is stock dumb crap. looking forward with you..

[Q] camera focusing/defocusing for no reason!!

i've noticed before that when i try to use the camera on my one x it always seems to focus and defocus randomly and its damn annoying.. its not TOO bad if filming something that isn;'t moving too much.. but i tried fillming my cat and dog a few times and noticed it would go blurry all the time!! i've owned several phones befoer this iphone 3, 3gs, galaxy s, galaxy s2 LTE and have seen friends cameras on their iphone 4 and 5, GS3 etc.. never seen any of them have this kind of focusing problem before..
is this a software bug or is the camera on my phone messed? from what i remember its done it since i bought the phone.. heres an example
me filming fireworks on my one x - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qjjsvy9muy5t0q/2012-07-01 22.36.20.mp4
iphone 5 fireworks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jWgfBWPNw
it makes me really mad because i'm a huge android fan and always get pwnd by these damn iphone clowns.. and this just makes my phone look far inferior.. also at a concert when trying to film it did the same thing.. whenever there is flashing lights or changes in light it seems to wanna autofocus where every other phone i've owned has had no problem..

here is another of me filming my friends dog.. theres not even that much movement or changes in lighting yet it still is focusing randomly u can see it go blurry etc.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/9acoxafrex3o1n9/2012-10-20 20.43.50.mp4

same problem here,damn annoying.

eclipse4 said:
same problem here,damn annoying.
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sigh... makes me wanna sell my phone but im stuck on contract and would have to pay ridiculous amounts for another phone.

focusing sucks
I have noticed that too. HOX focus sucks bad. Good camera, but focusing kills it. Hopefully this is a software glitch and will be fixed with the jelly bean rom. We will figure out very soon!

cocinci said:
I have noticed that too. HOX focus sucks bad. Good camera, but focusing kills it. Hopefully this is a software glitch and will be fixed with the jelly bean rom. We will figure out very soon!
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Lol gonna be a while till we get JB for the one x on rogers lol I'm running aokp at the moment and camera is probably even worse with this ROM lol

Flash the 4.2 camera. It's almost as good as sense
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area51avenger said:
Flash the 4.2 camera. It's almost as good as sense
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I am using the 4.2 camera lol. Still doesn't fix the focus issues :crying:

I almost sent mine into HTC until I searched and searched and found old threads from when the phone was first released with people saying all the same things.

[Q] Rooted my phone have some camera questions.

When ever I take pictures their are black bars on the side of the pictures. Also when I'm in the camera app everything looks like it has a weird filter but when I take the picture they are clear.

RAdical_Future said:
When ever I take pictures their are black bars on the side of the pictures. Also when I'm in the camera app everything looks like it has a weird filter but when I take the picture they are clear.
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Which ROM are you using?

Rom I'm using.
Fuzi0719 said:
Which ROM are you using?
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Im using CM 9.1 by scverhagen.

Yeh I have the same rom as you CM9 R8 and to me the image on the screen isnt as clear but when you take a pic it seems the resolution turns out better than you expected. I also noticed that the camera button on the side of your phone doesnt work which is lame I really liked using that for picture taking it was handy but oh well cant be perfect for a rom. If you want also do what I did, I just downloaded other camera and video apps. Way better than the stock app and on the screen they show up as better resolution than the stock app

Yeah, unfortunately the camera apps that come with CM/AOKP ROMs are very lacking on this phone, compared to the stock camera app. There are some third-party apps that do reasonably well, though. I like Camera360.

RAdical_Future said:
When ever I take pictures their are black bars on the side of the pictures. Also when I'm in the camera app everything looks like it has a weird filter but when I take the picture they are clear.
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The black bars on the side is because the phone has a 16x9 screen but the picture is being taken in the 4:3 ratio. It's the same thing as watching an old tv show on a new widescreen tv.
Talking about our camera, has anyone figured out a way to port our camera to Cyanogen? That's the only thing that's stopping me from flashing a Rom, considering I've had this phone for a year.

Nas Escobar said:
The black bars on the side is because the phone has a 16x9 screen but the picture is being taken in the 4:3 ratio. It's the same thing as watching an old tv show on a new widescreen tv.
Talking about our camera, has anyone figured out a way to port our camera to Cyanogen? That's the only thing that's stopping me from flashing a Rom, considering I've had this phone for a year.
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CM will never run a Sense camera because of framework/libs
Sent from my HTC Evo Shift 4G using RemICS V-2.0

Give ICS Camera or Camera JB+ a try. They are definitely fitting replacements for stock and you'll be very happy with results.
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I've tried both apps but have serious issues with those and the included ICS or JB camera apps. So far none have worked to record video.
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1080 does not work on anything but a GB ROM with this phone, make sure that at most 720 is selected...
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rorytmeadows said:
Give ICS Camera or Camera JB+ a try. They are definitely fitting replacements for stock and you'll be very happy with results.
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Well I'm running the RemICS_UX port from the HD2. Not bad of a rom. It's over samsungized but I'll find a theme for it. It claims to have the 1080p recording so lets see how that works out.
I personally don't care for all the "features" of the stock CAMERA app since I can always download a 3rd party app that will be on par. I only use night mode, macro and automatic. My main concern is 1080p recording (and that the mic doesn't sound so crappy).

Nas Escobar said:
Well I'm running the RemICS_UX port from the HD2. Not bad of a rom. It's over samsungized but I'll find a theme for it. It claims to have the 1080p recording so lets see how that works out.
I personally don't care for all the "features" of the stock CAMERA app since I can always download a 3rd party app that will be on par. I only use night mode, macro and automatic. My main concern is 1080p recording (and that the mic doesn't sound so crappy).
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I believe the 1080 not working has more to do with HTC Android drivers for the camera, rather than the available choice in the software.
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rorytmeadows said:
I believe the 1080 not working has more to do with HTC Android drivers for the camera, rather than the available choice in the software.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
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Yeah, trying to record in 1080 makes the button useless. I'm starting to feel that the phone doesn't have real 1080p feature. My last phone was a Huawei Comet/U8150 and I had a very similar issue with the camera. Turned out that the phone had a 2.0 megapixel camera that was made to look like a 3.0 by the stock software. It was a sorry excuse of a camera.
I'm going to have to think about this one. I wonder if we could somehow port or rewrite a code to get 1080p working. Sadly, I know nothing about android development. My main thought was to sit the htc camera apk on top of cyanogen but I've read up that it's not that simple.... which I find weird considering someone has the beats by dre stuff on their mytouch4g slide rom.

Its not to complicated to understand but it is to fix. You see it does have true 1080 recording and it still one of the best cellphone cameras to date. Thing is if you want to run a custom ROM that is not based of the original T-Mobile release then some things may not be the same, the camera being one.
Unless you can get ahold of the proprietary camera drivers or write you're own you will be missing much of what is available. And any app based off the HTC framework will not work of different, such as cyanogen or even aosp.
Even phones that have been nearly torn apart by some super smart people doesn't mean that everything imaginable is possible or at least not easy. Try running sense on a Samsung phone, not too easy. Just saying be happy for what you have unless you know a sneaky backdoor to these issues that no one has thought of yet
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I knew it had to lay within the coding.
I already imagined that it would be hard. Such a shame...

Camera Improvision

So, I have been messing around. And I have come to find that the stock Camera.apk and CameraFirmware.apk from the SGS4G on froyo 2.2.1 are mostly compatible with the Sidekick 4G. In fact the camera looks better, and we could possibly port the zoom features somhow 0.0 so I have been trying to figure out how I can get started with this "idea". It would be awesome, there are a couple bugs so far.
Bugs:
-No zoom (yet)
-No highest res in Video Recorder
-Some resolutions have no review screen
-front camera is flipped 90 degrees cc ( I wanna work on this first really, if I can get some help starting it)
Just looking for stuff to do with my limited current knowledge.
(Sorry, still new to informative posting -_-)
I just linked some shots
Here is plain camera view, you can pinch and see the zoom box but the image doesn't change
--> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83829634/Android/Screenshots/device-2013-06-15-114243.png
Here is the flipped-sideways front facing shot --> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83829634/Android/Screenshots/device-2013-06-15-114814.png
And last, here is the said apks:
Camera.apk --> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83829634/Android/CameraApks/Camera.apk
CameraFirmware.apk --> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83829634/Android/CameraApks/CameraFirmware.apk

That would be nice to have if it works better. The camera is one of the weakest links on this device I think.

I know little to nothing about the cameras hardware or software, you may just need to match the libs but you also may need to rewrite drivers, that part is hard.
Keep us posted, very interesting!
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demkantor said:
I know little to nothing about the cameras hardware or software, you may just need to match the libs but you also may need to rewrite drivers, that part is hard.
Keep us posted, very interesting!
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It would be awesome to finally have a camera with zoom is what I have been thinking. I'm not very good when it comes to code, I've still been taking courses and practicing here and there. But as far as testing it out, I can practice on my own device and let you know if I figure some things out.
Maybe another thread somewhere has the information I need to get started. Flipping the screen should probably be easy. (Hopefully heh)

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Haven't found anything too helpful as for the screen flip. Maybe I am looking in all of the wrong places? Tried Google-- got nothing, and maybe the forums use a certain term or something.

Maybe try to change picture size instead of screen flipin as the only big issue would be on screen buttons but should still work ?
If you still look for screen flip its basically the same screen same size an everything so instead of looking to flip change the location of them?
Sorry going off the few post with no pics or video of it
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Sorry about that, I'll see if I can grab up a screenshot when I get home tonight.
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Ha! And here I've been thinking this is a good camera that takes pretty dang good photos! I also thought it did zoom but mine was broken

It's not the worst camera out there. I do wish they had included a flash though. The Sidekick LX 2009 (last Danger HiptopOS version) had a flash.

Just out of curiosity did they kinda downgrade i guess world be the word the sk camera. I notice in alot of aftermarket camera apps it registers as being 4.9mp like the sgs
http://i.imgur.com/of4AgZc.png